The Invisible Ones: A Poetic Indictment of Sweden's Taxi Slave Trade

"I feel like a slave."One taxi driver used those words to describe his working life.Over more than four decades as a freelance journalist, while also working inside the industry, Klas Vinter witnessed Sweden's taxi trade undergo a profound transformation. Once regarded as one of the country's most trusted professions, it has been reshaped by deregulation, mounting debt, platform companies and relentless price competition.This book is the result of years of reporting, firsthand experience and conversations with drivers, operators, union representatives, company executives and public officials. Together, their voices reveal the human consequences of political reform and economic change-not in theory, but in everyday working lives.Rooted in Sweden, these stories speak to questions that reach far beyond its borders. They are about work and dignity, migration and responsibility, and about the people whose labour keeps modern society moving while they themselves remain largely unseen.Praise for the Swedish edition"A literary account that hits the reader like a slap in the face." - Transportarbetaren, Sweden's leading trade magazine for the transport industry"Vinter writes in a way that truly lingers-in beautiful, almost poetic prose." - David Björklund, BTJ (Swedish Library Service)The original Swedish edition received both a Publication Grant and a Library Distribution Grant from the Swedish Arts Council (Statens kulturråd). These grants are awarded to a limited number of new Swedish books recognised for their literary and cultural merit.